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rudyc

rudyc

My partner and I have hunted the same three farms for the past 20 years. Two of them are next to each other and the third is about 1/2 mile down the road. No one else hunts the properties when we hunt them and one property has only the farmers son-in-law hunting it besides ourselves, so we are very lucky in that respect.

I have a few pals that hunt public in different parts of the state and they all say that pressure has been higher this year than years past. This year I hunted one day of the third season, one day of the fifth season and three days of the 6th season and heard a total of only three shots besides mine and my partners. I fished a total of 6 days and never heard a shot while fishing. Fishing pressure was higher.

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co_setter

co_setter

Some of my fondest memories are turkey camp with some buddies on the Iowa portion of the driftless. We used a wall tent with a wood stove for a cooking and eating area. Our definition of a grand slam was a turkey, morels, trout and a walleye all in the same day.

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Did not call in a single bird this year, all birds seen and the two I killed were via ambush. We've been hunting the area long enough to have sort of a good idea where the birds travel. This year, I killed both of the birds while sitting up against the same tree as they walked by.

Not a "classic" turkey hunt, but any port in a storm.

Would have been nice to get into some Morels, but the landowner has asked us to leave them be.